Author: George Cheyne Shattuck, M.D.

Publisher: Farrand, Mallory, & Co

Year: 1808

Description: Full title: Three Dissertations on Boylston Prize Questions for the Years 1806 and 1807. Contains 3 prestigious Boylston Prize-winning dissertations by Shattuck (1784-1854). Shattuck was a co-founder of 'New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery" and also helped finance printing of Audubon's "Birds of America". A reading copy with boards detached.

Author: Samuel Glasstone, ed.

Publisher: US Atomic Energy Commission

Year: 1962

Description: Full title: The Effects of Nuclear Weapons. Prepared by the U.S. Dep't of Defense. Illustrated with color frontis charts, diagrams, and b/w photos. Rear pocket holds the scarce plastic wheel calculator called "Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer", which was sold separately for $1 at that time. Ex-library copy.